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Terrorist Speaks: My 8 Years in Hamas

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

by Maayana Miskin (IsraelNN.com) IDF soldiers managed to capture hundreds of terror suspects during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. One of them, 20-year-old Mohammed Amazi, was revealed to be one of Hamas’ more senior fighters. Parts of Amazi’s interrogation were published this week by the Hebrew-language Maariv. Amazi told security forces that he was recruited […]


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Closing a Full Circle in Mercaz Harav

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

by IsraelNN Staff (IsraelNN.com) The baby son of the hero who killed the murderer in the March 2008 Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva slaughter was ritually circumcised on Monday by the father of one of the victims – at the yeshiva. Israel National News presents a 6-minute video feature.


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West Bank settlement gets green light for major expansion

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

By Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondent Some 1,700 dunams of land in the northern part of Efrat were declared state land last week, paving the way for the West Bank settlement to start the process of seeking government approval to build there. The Civil Administration issued the declaration after rejecting eight appeals by Palestinians against the […]


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Study: 50% of national-religious city residents support ‘refuseniks’

Monday, February 16th, 2009

By Nadav Shragai Haaretz Last update – 04:18 15/02/2009 www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064157.html Half of all national-religious city residents support the right of soldiers to refuse orders to evict Jews from settlements, according to a Bar-Ilan University study. The doctoral thesis by Hanan Moses delineates a rift within the national-religious sector, which became apparent during the last election. […]


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Islamists Fire Rockets, Hurl Bombs at Pro-Israel Crowd in Sweden

Friday, February 13th, 2009

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) Islamists reached new heights of audacity in a face-off with pro-Israel demonstrators in Malmö, Sweden on Sunday, firing rockets and throwing pipe bombs at the pro-Israel group in broad daylight and under police’s noses. No one was hurt. The incident was videotaped by Swedish blogger Ted Ekeroth. Between 400 and 500 […]


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French Jews

Friday, February 13th, 2009

I received this post from a friend in NY. One of his friends is living in France and posted this to him with the request that Andy distribute it to his American friends. Andy prefaces with: “Once again, the real news in France is conveniently not being reported as it should. To give you an […]


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Israel Turns Right—With a Hitch

Friday, February 13th, 2009

By P. David Hornik FrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, February 12, 2009 Center-Left voters showed more prudence in the Israeli elections Tuesday than Center-Right voters. Enough of the former switched from Ehud Barak’s Center-Left Labor Party and the smaller left-wing Meretz to enable Tzipi Livni’s centrist Kadima to beat—possibly—Bibi Netanyahu’s Center-Right Likud by 28 Knesset seats to […]


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Evidence of Hamas Use of the Civilian Population as Human Shields

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC) February 4, 2009 Evidence of the Use of the Civilian Population as Human Shields: Hamas operatives detained during Operation Cast Lead related that weapons were situated in schools, mosques and residential dwellings, that operatives shot from within residential neighborhoods, and that […]


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Soldiers’ Vote May Swing the Elections to a Tie

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Voters gave Kadima 28 mandates in the next Knesset, one more than Likud, with almost all of Tuesday’s ballots counted but not including votes of diplomats and soldiers, whose votes will be counted on Wednesday and Thursday. Their ballots are equal to five mandates. Following is the current number of […]


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Tu B’Shvat, Jewish Arbor Day

Monday, February 9th, 2009

by Avraham Zuroff (IsraelNN.com) Tu B’Shvat, the Mishnaic New Year of the Trees, began Sunday evening, with many people observing the kabbalistic tradition of a Seder of the seven species of Israeli produce mentioned in the Bible, as well as other Israeli fruit and wine. The observance is timed to mark the passing of most […]


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